Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Perhaps you have seen the scary Apple Watch ad about 911 calls. Three examples of desperate 911 calls. My daughter pressed the emergency button by accident’ – as many as 10% of calls, by some reckoning in one county. Elsewhere, there is a staffing shortage in many 911 centers and calls may go unanswered.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

Home Care Magazine provided details about the just-announced Dementia Care policy changes, called the GUIDE Model , including care coordination services, support and payment to family caregivers to help keep care recipients out of nursing homes, and respite help. New progress for dementia care. Learn more at BoundaryCare. TaprootElla. “

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 11, 2023

If so , would you pick up the phone and call LifeAlert, the purveyor of those miserable ads on TV? And there are apps for the watch that will contact a 24x7 call center (Best Buy) and FallCall Solutions. Monitoring centers like AvantGuard and LifeStation are beneficiaries of this continued problem, as quantified by the CDC.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

August, so warm, so replete with nursing home doomsayers and endless scam calls. Maybe you run a business out of your home and need to call clients. Did you know that 60% of all phone calls in the US are robocalls or spam ? Presumably after that step is successful, the so-called ‘Medicare Advantage’ pitch can begin.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 24, 2023

To date, accessing healthcare services requires determination and access, through call center services with menus designed to prevent access, or online via portals with baffling menu structures and arcane login processes. category tags: AI and machine learning , chatbots , Conversational and generative AI

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 10, 2022

When faced with labor shortages most industries optimize their work via technology systems, whether it is logistics, transportation, shop floor layout, or call center processes. From the release: " Plans for technology-enabled care will provide real-time support and 24/7 access to on-call response teams." That is a sign.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Consider interactions with call centers, drive-through food locations, healthcare portals and and banking websites – as well as websites that present chatbots as a parallel option when responding to a query to pop up with ‘how can we help’. category tags: Generative AI , AI and machine learning , Voice/AI/Voice Assistants , AgeTech

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Boston Medical Center specifically serves a significantly disproportionate number of disadvantaged patients living in the Greater Boston community. "For the current generation of youth, they do not like to make phone calls. " Dr. Laurie Douglass, Boston Medical Center. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 15, 2022

From digital front doors to intelligent hospital rooms, chatbots to portals, hospital-at-home to human-centered AI, forward-looking health systems put the patient at the center of their strategic plans – not just because doing so offers a competitive advantage, but because it's the right thing to do.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

There are a few standalone fall detectors on the market – here’s an example list with more on the way – most connect the user to a call center. Assuming the population most likely to fall are older adults in the older age range , call me crazy, but I am betting they are not iPhone owners. The need to speak to someone.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

As The Mighty described, the brand Universal Thread, “is centered around denim since it is a staple in many women’s wardrobes, but denim can be uncomfortable for many people with disabilities or sensory issues. Sensory-friendly shirts will have flat seams, softer material and no tags.” for jeans; nothing will be over $40.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 24, 2019

If your Apple Watch detects that you're moving, it waits for you to respond to the alert and won't automatically call emergency services. If your watch detects that you have been immobile for about a minute, it will make the call automatically. The alert can be configured to phone numbers, emails, or to our medical alert call center.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

Many healthcare information services teams were quickly called to rise up to the occasion of supporting our caregivers and patients. Region Tag: Global Edition Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: A look back on 2020: reshaping the healthcare IT landscape Featured Decision Content:

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The original Lifeline business was a pioneer of this market segment, building up a business that included doctor-referral, a senior-aware trained call center and multiple channel partners, including the home security segment. category tags: PERS , Mobile PERS , wearables, smart watch , fall prevention, fall detection.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 23, 2022

The Surgical Center at?Columbia Columbia Orthopaedic Group in Missouri, like so many ambulatory surgery centers across the country, do procedures today that are far more complex than those it did five years ago. As one of the top surgery centers in the nation per Newsweek for both 2021 and 2022, The Surgical Center at?Columbia

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 21, 2021

Integrating fall detection with 24x7 call centers is increasingly expected and offered. . category tags: wearables, smart watch , Technology - AARP. Fall detection is a straightforward feature of wearables today, changes in gait are increasingly likely to be predictive of a fall or health decline. More when there’s more.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

Hospitals will negotiate hard with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Medicare Advantage plans to be paid on a per month basis to ensure there is a continuous revenue stream, moving away totally from a fee-for-service agreement. Much like hospitals, imaging centers also suffered significant losses in 2020.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 4, 2019

One of the earliest Voice/Healthcare innovators, Orbita, recently launched Orbita Assist acts like a call button, using voice for connecting patients to the nurse’s station. Matt Cybulsky, PhD and Bradley Metrock, the researches created a measurement called “VHI – The Voice of Healthcare Index.” Providence St.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2019

Also called virtual retirement communities , this concept also morphed into virtual villages and became the so-called village movement, now part of the Village to Village Network. Virtual senior center. category tags: VR/AR technology , Seniors , Family caregivers , Home Care , home health care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Caravan Health President and CEO Tim Gronniger previously was chief of staff and director of delivery system reform at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. While Congress and CMS have considered permanently expanding access to telehealth and virtual care, there is a big price tag attached. However, CMS can't do it alone.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2020

Who would have thought that telehealth definitions would include phone calls and Facetime ? What use is a PERS watch without a call center? LifeStation announced Mobile LTE , small and fast, a pendant linked to a sizable 24-hour call center. You see PERS news releases on occasion. billion market today.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Economy Proves It,” and featured a Photoshopped image in various shades of pink with Margot Robie as Barbie in the center, flanked by Beyonce to the left and Taylor Swift to the right. I particularly love, as a Philadelphia area citizen, that Philly cheesesteaks got an 8% bump during Beyonce’s tour time in town].

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 10, 2019

When a fall is detected, SafelyYou-Guardian triggers a series of events in real-time that include text messages or phone calls to the on-call staff. Our call center is alerted 24/7 with nurses on call that will take immediate action should something out of the ordinary (such as a fall) occur. StaySmartCare. "We

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Even Best Buy, which knows exactly what it acquired, a call center and services and products for older adults, referred to GreatCall as a leading ‘connected health services provider.’ category tags: Aging technology , Aging , Boomer-Senior Tech Business. They were quite specific about the use case. Pretty wimpy.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 1, 2022

Call to get the best deal – even seniorliving.org , which sounds like a non-biased review site – gets a piece of every sale. and as time goes on, that device needs to be connected to a monitoring center, not 911, as with Apple watch alone , to triage the nature of the person’s problem.As Move further into the smarter watch space?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

That created revenue growth for Apple, but also more opportunity for Apple watch-based competitors like Fall Call Solutions. Meanwhile, as a result of Apple’s more senior-capable offering, emergency watches (PERS) with call center integration, like MobileHelp and UnaliWear, got a boost. .

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Although a telehealth visit can be held via a phone call or FaceTime today, eventually its use will require more secure tools and likely will require broadband or a smartphone. Let’s assume that for now, AARP has halted its regional training (18 locations) and the OATS center-based training is also halted.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 18, 2020

Kaiser, Director of Geriatric Cognitive Health at the Pacific Brain Health Center and CIO for the Motion Picture & Television Fund. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , computers, internet and social networking. “"The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the loneliness of millions of older people,” said Dr. Scott A.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

When they do call their provider, they want the service to be quick, smooth, and beneficial. Employees at some organizations must navigate 100+ page manuals to resolve a call or schedule an appointment. Contact center staff often quit after just a few weeks because of the difficulty of their jobs. HIPAA regulations.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 30, 2018

Because tech can be developed, so it is -- offering 'innovation' we learn to hate… Twenty years ago, computer-generated robo-calls --calls made by a machine, aka ‘predictive dialing’ -- had not reached their adoption tipping point and family members still spoke on the telephone. Well, robo-calling was banned by the FTC in 2009.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 20, 2020

Telehealth tech during Covid-19 ranged from the telephone call, FaceTime visit, Skype, Microsoft Teams, and helped promote the boom in Zoom. category tags: Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , smart home , dementia care, cognitive decline. Engagement matters.

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Digital Health Global

AUGUST 11, 2023

Final Call for Proposals to be Considered for Funding, Mentorship and Partnership Opportunities PLEASANTON, Calif.–(BUSINESS 2-3 at Asilomar Conference Center in Monterey, California. “We –(BUSINESS WIRE)– #AI — CharmHealth , a leading provider of healthcare technology solutions, today announced that Binah.ai

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 19, 2018

They believe this despite knowing that the Apple watch has $400 price tag and it lacks a call center. category tags: cell phones, smartphones , Mobile PERS , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , computers, internet and social networking. And only 20 % of boomers and 5% of seniors are buying them. . . Attachment Size.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Depending on whether the feature is available and also turned on, the device may place a call to emergency services. One firm, Fall Call Solutions , has created an app for the Apple Watch that will contact a screening call center first, as is done by MobileHelp Smart.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 16, 2018

By 2017, Best Buy had begun a limited offering of a contracted service called “Assured Living” that uses remote monitoring and other technologies to help older adults, then rolled it out broadly later that year , now in 21 cities across the US. category tags: Mobile PERS , cell phones, smartphones , IoT and home monitoring.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 2, 2022

Alternatively, BestBuy’s Lively Wearable is paired with a call center to respond. Family members or the seniors are responsible for the cost, which can be a fixed amount for a device, or a subscription amount for the monitoring service, which usually means that a 24x7 response center is available to respond as appropriate.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 4, 2018

The time when the national hurricane center forecasts, repeated ad nauseum, are destined to frighten everyone, no matter how far from affected regions. Which, since it is set to call Emergency Services unless you Cancel, might, as it has been with Apple Watch emergency calls, be a problem. Read more here.

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